Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Neural Cells Might Explain Taste for Alcohol and Smoking Together!




"To drive a rat to drink, make it smoke first. Rats dependent on nicotine escalate their drinking more quickly than rats that haven’t been exposed to nicotine, researchers report in the April 15 Journal of Neuroscience. The results help explain why alcohol and tobacco addictions in people often go hand in hand." 

Nicotine exposure escalates rats’ desire for alcohol. Science News. Laura Sanders. April 14, 2015. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nicotine-exposure-escalates-rats%E2%80%99-desire-alcohol

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